SLAM: large facilities scanned in hours
SLAM is a mobile scanning method that makes it possible to document large areas in a fraction of the time traditional scanning requires.
What it does to the schedule
A facility that previously required several days of static scanning can be covered in a few hours. Operations rarely need to stop and staff do not need to be moved out of the way. That makes it realistic to rescan the same environment several times during a project.
When it fits, and when it does not
SLAM is strongest where areas are large, geometry varied and time short. For millimetre precision on a single detail, facade ornamentation, complex machinery, static scanning is still superior. On many projects we combine the two: SLAM for the whole, static for the points that demand it.